gníomhach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gnímach (“active, busy”, adjective), from gním. By surface analysis, gníomh (“function; deed, act; action”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gníomhach (genitive singular masculine gníomhaigh, genitive singular feminine gníomhaí, plural gníomhacha, comparative gníomhaí)

  1. active
  2. acting

Declension

Declension of gníomhach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gníomhach ghníomhach gníomhacha;
ghníomhacha2
vocative ghníomhaigh gníomhacha
genitive gníomhaí gníomhacha gníomhach
dative gníomhach;
ghníomhach1 		ghníomhach;
ghníomhaigh (archaic) 		gníomhacha;
ghníomhacha2
Comparative níos gníomhaí
Superlative is gníomhaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gníomhach
radical lenition eclipsis
gníomhach ghníomhach ngníomhach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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